Keel for chalk-lutes



sTkTns PATENT `Fiucn GERARD SICKELS, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

REEL Fon cHALK-LINES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 1,451, dated December 3-1, 1839.

diameter; makethe sides of said box of tin,

plate, the rim of block'tin, cast and turned; let the edges of the plates and rim be fitted together in the usual manner; place in said box a tin-plate hoop with rlianges thereon g? inch wide; set theshop so that it will revolve in channels, indentatio-ns, or grooves formed on 'the 'inside ofthe box, around (and a little larger than) the opening,1 with a crank attached to the hoop to 'turnvitby; let the flanges runin another groove or recess of larger circle (but not so deep) as the first; pass the line through a hole in the rim and the end of said line through another hole in the hoop or reelg'tie a knot in said end so that it will not draw through the hole; wind the line upon the reel in the box, by turning the crank. Said box 9 is more in detail and further represented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure l, is a side view. A, the hoop orV reel; B, crank or piece of tin plate serving as a crank with a hole in it, into which to introduce a linger for the convenience ot turning; C, line; D, knot in the end of line; l, groove (or part raised by groove) for reel; 2, recess for flange.

Fig 2 is a second view of said box. E, rim; F, crank; Gr, line; 1, groove for reel; 2, recess for flange.

Fig. 3 is a view of the heel. lH, crank; I, reel; K K, flanges; L, line.

Fig. 4 is a second view of said reel. N,

crank; P, reel; R, R, part of reel running in groove 1;`S, line; V, V, flanges.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The mode herein described of construct ing a reel without a shaft, revolving within a case.

Dated at Middletown, the 5th day ofy August, A. D. 1839. 

